[ For some reason he did not forsee this happening. It was not to long past that Cidolfus attempted to kill him, and yet it never occurred to him that such an admission would result in this. A blind spot, the precise shape and size of his former Lord Commander, perhaps. Or maybe just a particularly bad habit. Barnabas wonders.
Still, this attempt will go much the same as all the others. Cidolfus is in no fit state for it, and so it is simple enough to sidestep him, to grab his sword arm and tug him in, to—
The small creature's barking is enough warning for him to throw up a barrier to block the lash of tentacles. A barrier that requires far more effort than it should and it burns something deep within him to be reduced to cowering this this, defensive like a wounded animal. The crash of the blow against the barrier is thunderous, like the furious advent of a storm and in return Barnabas doubles and redoubles the strength of it.
He could have teleported away. That he chose a barrier instead is... Perhaps bad habit is all too accurate. ]
We do not have time for this. [ He chances a glance Cidolfus, expression unforgiving even as his barrier weathers another blow. ] Give me your blade, Cidolfus.
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Still, this attempt will go much the same as all the others. Cidolfus is in no fit state for it, and so it is simple enough to sidestep him, to grab his sword arm and tug him in, to—
The small creature's barking is enough warning for him to throw up a barrier to block the lash of tentacles. A barrier that requires far more effort than it should and it burns something deep within him to be reduced to cowering this this, defensive like a wounded animal. The crash of the blow against the barrier is thunderous, like the furious advent of a storm and in return Barnabas doubles and redoubles the strength of it.
He could have teleported away. That he chose a barrier instead is... Perhaps bad habit is all too accurate. ]
We do not have time for this. [ He chances a glance Cidolfus, expression unforgiving even as his barrier weathers another blow. ] Give me your blade, Cidolfus.